Nicole Evans Mendez (born November 15, 1985), better known by her ring name Nicole Evans, is a British professional wrestler and former makeup artist, currently signed to World Elite Wrestling on the Animosity brand. She was previously assigned to the TNT training facility.

Nicole is a second-generation wrestler and is the cousin of fellow professional wrestler, Craig Anderson. She is married to AJ Lee.

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Nicole was born on November 15, 1985 in Worcester, England. She is the daughter of former professional wrestler Randall Evans and is the older cousin of Craig Anderson. Nicole left school and went to college to become a makeup artist. She spent much of her teenage years working in a beauticians.

Nicole made her debut for World Elite Wrestling on December 19, 2013. She was pinned by Stasi Savage in the TNT Women's Championship tournament. On January 16, 2014 she was pinned by the debuting Milla. She later defeated Milla at the Shine iPPV on February 16.

On May 12, 2014 Nicole opted to move to Animosity after the closure of TNT. She made her Burnout debut on July 28, 2014 against Yui Aiko, which she won. Her Animosity debut came on August 18 against Starlets ChampionMadame Desdemona, in a losing effort. Evans then spent several weeks on Burnout, before making a return to Animosity where she was pinned by the debuting Isla Connelly on November 3. She defeated Connelly two weeks later. She appeared in the Open Battle Royal for the WEW Championship at Cyberslam on December 1, but was the first person eliminated. On December 22, Nicole was pinned by JJ Goldberg in the first round of the Queen of the Cage tournament.

Nicole has been dating AJ Lee since May 22, 2014, and has been married to her since December 23, 2014. She was previously in a relationship with Matthew Bloomberg, but she later discovered that he was using her.